Is it possible to change the color of the " waitbar" in the GUI? i mean the red colored thing moving inside the wait bar ? if yes how?

please help.

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Pradeep - from http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/101667-how-do-i-change-the-color-of-the-bar-in-a-waitbar-in-matlab-7-5-r2007b (which works on my R2014a), you can try the following:

 % create the wait bar
 h = waitbar(0,'Please wait...');

 % find the patch object
 hPatch = findobj(h,'Type','Patch');

 % change the edge and face to blue
 set(hPatch,'FaceColor',[0 0 1], 'EdgeColor',[0 0 1]);

 % run the wait bar
 steps = 1000;
 for step = 1:steps
    % computations take place here
    waitbar(step / steps)
 end
 close(h)

When you execute the above, the bar will now be blue rather than the default red. Try it and see what happens!

[Pradeep Gowda]

thank you :D it worked.

[Booker]

This solution does not work for 2015a.

[Walter Roberson]

The above is valid only on HG1, which is up to R2014a. Starting from R2014b waitbar are done differently. See http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/293374-waitbar-color-2016a-is-broken-red-how-to-set-to-older-continuous-green#answer_227433